# List of invasive plant species in Maryland

Numerous non-native plants have been introduced to Maryland in the United States and many of them have become invasive species. The following is a list of some non-native invasive plant species established in Maryland.

## Terrestrial plants

| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Acer platanoides | Norway Maple |
| Ailanthus altissima | Tree of Heaven |
| Ajuga reptans | Bugleweed |
| Akebia quinata | Chocolate vine |
| Albizia julibrissin | Persian silk tree |
| Alliaria petiolata | Garlic Mustard |
| Allium vineale | Wild Garlic |
| Ampelopsis brevipedunculata | Porcelain Berry |
| Aralia elata | Japanese angelica tree |
| Arctium minus | Burdock |
| Artemisia vulgaris | Mugwort |
| Arthraxon hispidus | Small carpetgrass |
| Arundo donax | Giant cane |
| Berberis thunbergii | Japanese Barberry |
| Bromus tectorum | Cheatgrass |
| Broussonetia papyrifera | Paper Mulberry |
| Cardamine impatiens | Narrowleaf Bittercress |
| Carduus acanthoides | Plumeless Thistle |
| Carduus nutans | Musk Thistle |
| Carex kobomugi | Asiatic Sand Sedge |
| Celastrus orbiculatus | Oriental Bittersweet |
| Centaurea maculosa | Spotted Knapweed |
| Cirsium arvense | Creeping Thistle |
| Cirsium vulgare | Bull Thistle |
| Clematis terniflora | Sweet Autumn Clematis |
| Commelina communis | Asiatic dayflower |
| Conium maculatum | Poison hemlock |
| Convolvulus arvensis | Field bindweed |
| Cortaderia selloana | Pampas grass |
| Cynodon dactylon | Bermuda grass |
| Cytisus scoparius | Scotch broom |
| Dioscorea polystachya | Chinese yam |
| Dipsacus fullonum | Fuller's teasel |
| Elaeagnus umbellata | Autumn Olive |
| Eragrostis curvula | Weeping lovegrass |
| Euonymus fortunei | Winter Creeper |
| Fatoua villosa | Mulberryweed |
| Ficaria verna | Lesser Celandine |
| Galanthus nivalis | Snowdrop |
| Reynoutria japonica (syn. Fallopia japonica) | Japanese Knotweed |
| Frangula alnus | Glossy Buckthorn |
| Hedera helix | English Ivy |
| Hemerocallis fulva | Daylily |
| Heracleum mantegazzianum | Giant Hogweed |
| Hesperis matronalis | Dame's rocket |
| Hibiscus syriacus | Rose of Sharon |
| Humulus japonicus | Japanese Hops |
| Iris pseudacorus | Yellow iris |
| Koelreuteria paniculata | Goldenrain tree |
| Lactuca serriola | Prickly lettuce |
| Lamium amplexicaule | Common henbit |
| Lamium galeobdolon | Yellow archangel |
| Lespedeza cuneata | Chinese bushclover |
| Ligustrum sinense | Chinese privet |
| Ligustrum vulgare | Common privet |
| Lonicera japonica | Japanese Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera maackii | Amur Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera morrowi | Morrow's Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera standishii | Standish's Honeysuckle |
| Liriope sp. | Liriope |
| Lonicera tatarica | Tatarian Honeysuckle |
| Lotus corniculatus | Bird's-foot trefoil |
| Lysimachia nummularia | Creeping jenny |
| Lythrum salicaria | Purple Loosestrife |
| Mahonia bealei | Beale's barberry |
| Melilotus albus | White sweet clover |
| Microstegium vimineum | Japanese Stiltgrass |
| Miscanthus sinensis | Chinese Silvergrass |
| Mollugo verticillata | Green carpetweed |
| Morus alba | White Mulberry |
| Morus australis | Chinese mulberry |
| Murdannia keisak | Marsh Dayflower |
| Oplismenus undulatifolius | Wavyleaf Basketgrass |
| Ornithogalum umbellatum | Star-of-Bethlehem |
| Pachysandra terminalis | Japanese pachysandra |
| Paulownia tomentosa | Princesstree, Paulownia |
| Pennisetum alopecuroides | Chinese fountaingrass |
| Perilla frutescens | Perilla |
| Persicaria perfoliata | Mile-a-minute |
| Phalaris arundinacea | Reed Canarygrass |
| Phragmites australis | Phragmites |
| Phyllostachys aurea | Golden bamboo |
| Phyllostachys aureosulcata | Yellow groove bamboo |
| Poncirus trifoliata | Trifoliate orange |
| Pueraria montana var. lobata | Kudzu |
| Pyrus calleryana | Callery/Bradford Pear |
| Quercus acutissima | Sawtooth oak |
| Rhodotypos scandens | Jetbead |
| Rorippa sylvestris | Yellow fieldcress |
| Rosa multiflora | Multiflora Rose |
| Rubus phoenicolasius | Wineberry |
| Saccharum ravennae | Ravennagrass |
| Schoenoplectus mucronatus | Bog Bulrush |
| Securigera varia | Crown vetch |
| Sorghum bicolor | Shattercane |
| Sorghum halepense | Johnsongrass |
| Spiraea japonica | Japanese spiraea |
| Stellaria media | Chickweed |
| Stellaria pallida | Lesser chickweed |
| Taraxacum officinale | Common dandelion |
| Urtica dioica subsp. dioica | European stinging nettle |
| Verbascum thapsus | Common mullein |
| Veronica hederifolia | Ivy-leaved Speedwell |
| Viburnum dilatatum | Linden viburnum |
| Vinca major | Greater periwinkle |
| Vinca minor | Lesser periwinkle |
| Vitex rotundifolia | Beach vitex |
| Wisteria sinensis | Chinese Wisteria |
| Wisteria floribunda | Japanese Wisteria |

## Aquatic plants

| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Alternanthera philoxeroides | Alligator weed |
| Didymosphenia geminata | Didymo, Rock Snot |
| Egeria densa | Brazilian Waterweed |
| Eichhornia crassipes | Water Hyacinth |
| Hydrilla verticillata | Hydrilla |
| Iris pseudacorus | Yellow iris |
| Myriophyllum aquaticum | Parrot Feather |
| Myriophyllum spicatum | Eurasian Water-Milfoil |
| Potamogeton crispus | Curly Leaved Pondweed |
| Prymnesium parvum | Golden Algae |
| Salvinia molesta | Giant Salvinia |
| Trapa natans | Water Chestnut |